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WTF Moments: The zombie Nazi massacre in An American Werewolf in London
Aaron Pruner
Tag: WTF Moments
Tag: An American Werewolf in London
Tag: John Landis
Tag: werewolves
By the time An American Werewolf in London hit theaters, John Landis was a household name. His previous directorial efforts — 1977's Kentucky Fried Movie, 1978's Animal House and 1980's The Blues Brothers — found him the sort of comedy street cred most filmmakers can only dream of. While he stayed true to his comedy roots with the 1981 werewolf-themed movie, Landis branched out from the confines of the genre and added some gruesome horror to the mix.
What's intriguing when you think about An American Werewolf in London is that, on the film's surface, it is simply about an unknowing young man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time — only to be bitten and eventually transform into a lycanthrope.
After a gruesome attack that leaves David Kessler (David Naughton) horribly wounded and his buddy Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) torn apart at the scene, David finds himself stuck in Britain. And, like any other average young American male, he quickly falls in love with his nurse — and even quicker, still, begins to question his own sanity as he receives multiple visits from his recently deceased pal.
Was he going insane or was this werewolf transformation really happening? Trying to calibrate his own sanity, we watch as David tries to acclimate to his new hospital surroundings.
Up until this part of the movie, the audience gets a fair share of Landis' signature comedy and character dialog. Needless to say, nothing could prepare viewers for the scene that came next.
From the hospital, we're suddenly transported back to his family's living room. The Muppet Show is playing on the TV set — a nod to the Frank Oz series which was canceled that same year — and we see a young boy and girl sitting in front of the television, watching intently, as the Kessler patriarch reclines on the couch. David's mother, from the kitchen, yells for David to answer the door. Our hero is too busy buried in his homework to be bothered.
Meanwhile, a wide shot of the living room gives us further insight into the family's religious origins: Multiple candelabras adorn the mantel above the fireplace, including a menorah. If David and Jack's last names didn't clue you into the Jewish-ness of our main character — and if you glossed over the corny Jewish joke made at David's expense in the hospital, regarding the size of the young man's penis — this would be a moment of clarity: David and the rest of the Kessler clan are Jews.
Which makes the next moment all the more horrifying.
Instead of bothering David a second time to get the door, his father gets up from the couch to do so … revealing a heavily armed gang of mutant Nazis standing on their doorstep. David's dad is immediately gunned down, thus sparking an onslaught of gunfire as his family, one by one, is murdered right before his eyes. And with one of the mutant Nazis holding him down, a large knife to his throat, David is literally unable to do anything but watch each of his loved ones perish before his eyes.
Video of An American Werewolf in London (1981) - Mutant Nazi Massacre Scene (3/10) | Movieclips
His mother is blown across the kitchen, another mutant gang member kicks in the television set — bye bye, Kermit and Miss Piggy — and David continues to witness this whole attack unfold as his brother and sister become the next victims in the hail of bullets.
The amount of gunfire tears the house to shreds. Then they use the lit fireplace to ignite torches, setting the entire structure ablaze. With flames surrounding him, and each member of his family dead, the mutant holding David down finally uses the knife at his throat and slices, prompting David to awaken from the nightmare. But he's not really awake, not yet. From the safety of his hospital room, David is assaulted once more by a mutant Nazi in hiding, finally allowing him to escape sleep's grip.
When viewing this scene in relation to the rest of the film — aside from the gruesome werewolf transformation segment which put makeup artist Rick Baker on the map — it's easy to label it as a "WTF Moment." But while the bonkers violent nature of the nightmare easily takes the audience out of its comfort zone, there's a deeper meaning to the whole scenario entirely.
Werewolves, throughout horror lore, have existed as, sort of, the red-headed stepchildren of the monster bunch. Vampires get romanticized; Lycanthropes, however, are, more often than not, looked at through a misfit lens.
The attack by the mutant Nazis, as over-the-top and bloody as it was, displays the fears and anxieties faced by modern day Jews in a post-holocaust world. Remember, An American Werewolf in London took place less than four decades after Hitler's reign came to an end. Placing an American Jew in a landscape where ghosts of the past still linger fresh in the present day air, digs up the unspoken, yet understood, fear that's rooted from an era where these atrocities were the law of the land.
David's fever dream, this fiery invasion of a bunch of killer Nazi thugs, in mutant form, is simply an amped up, hyper-stylized representation of the monsters who slaughtered his ancestors, and the all-encompassing symbol of the monster — as well as the fear and the shame — that can find itself hiding inside us all.

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Q: Creating Aspect bean in Spring Java Config file causes another bean to not be autowired Having a weird issue with attempting to test a Spring AOP class.
Here is a similar setup since I cannot put the actual code on here.
Test Class:
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@DirtiesContext(classMode = ClassMode.AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = {MyTestConfiguration.class})
public class MyTest {

    @Autowired
    private MyService1 myService1;

    @Autowired
    private MyService2 myService2;

    @Test
    public void testAop() {
        myService1.methodToBeIntercepted();
        verify(myService2).create();
    }
}

Spring Java Configuration File:
@EnableAspectJAutoProxy
@Configuration
public class MyTestConfiguration {
    @Bean
    public MyService1 myService1() {
        return new MyService1Impl();
    }

    @Bean
    public MyService2 myService2() {
        return Mockito.mock(MyService2.class);
    }
}

AOP Class:
@Aspect
@Component
public class MyAop {
    @Autowired
    private MyService2 myService2;

    @Around("execution(* package.MyService1.methodToBeIntercepted(..))")
    public void interception(ProceedingJoinPoint joinPoint) {

       // do stuff

       MyReturn myReturn = (MyReturn) joinPoint.proceed();

       myService2.create();
    }
}

With this setup I get an error saying that the test wanted 1 execution of myService2.create() but there was none. This means the AOP class is not intercepting the call properly and that the Spring configuration is correct in that all beans are found.
Next I added the following to MyTestConfiguration to create the bean for the AOP class:
@Bean
public MyAop myAop() {
    return new MyAop();
}

Now I get a Spring error saying it can't find the MyService1 bean so the test never runs. Simply adding the myAop bean to MyTestConfiguration now causes the MyService1 bean to no longer be recognized by Spring.
Am I doing something wrong and if so, what?

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Q: How to compare a set of images with a shapefile? I have around 150 images (rasters), each one is just a map of certain "classes", e.g. pixel value 1=forest.
I also have a shapefile that consists of roughly the same area as the 150 images constitute when put together. The shapefile also includes the clasee 1=forest. How could I go around to compare if the "classes" match, and how well do they.
Any ideas?
I'm using Python and QGIS.

A: Your case sounds like a statistical problem and a good match for an error matrix.  I would recommend reading "A Review of Assessing the Accuracy of Classifications of Remotely Sensed Data" (Congalton, 1991).  Congalton's book "Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Data: Principles and Practices" is a great reference for all matters relating to sampling and accuracy assessments of land classification data.
I would also recommend looking at equivalence tests, which can be accomplished very easily using the opensource statistical software R and the equivalence package.  The equivalence.xyplot() function is a great way to visualize whether or not two datasets are statistically equivalent:

equivalence.xyplot Constructs graphical regression-based tests of
  equivalence inside a lattice coplot

A: If you plan to use GRASS, you could use v.rast.stats to assign the raster statistics (univariate or categorical) to each polygon. In your case, you might want to assign the median value or calculate the majority class value for the pixel values within the polygon.
You could then compute an error matrix using r.kappa or do the analysis in R or another stats package to see how well they "match". You can assess the class accuracies in terms of the commission and omission errors.
A for loop will automate this procedure for the 150 rasters.

A: For spot-checking you could load a shapefile over a raster and then use the raster Value Tool, which will display raster pixel values as you move the pointer around the screen. You can display and compare raster values for several raster layers, if required (with graphs).
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I've never written a fly rod review before. This is mainly because the vast majority of rods are nothing like as good as the marketing hype that precedes them.


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Are There Prophets Today?
Several years ago, I was asked if I believed there were still prophets like in the Bible. I answered yes. God has always had a prophet. If ever the world needed the ministry of the prophet, it is now. The Old Testament prophets usually prophesied to Israel to return to the Lord. I hear the modern-day prophets repeating the same words to our nation.
"There is no doubt God is restoring the prophet today. There is a desperate need for the prophetic to bring clarity, balance, and understanding to the Body of Christ." Dr. Bill Hamon
We are admonished in Scripture concerning prophecy, "Do not despise prophecies." 1Thessalonians 5:20. Don't despise (reject) what God has revealed.
My first encounter with a modern-day prophet was in 1975 when I served on the staff of Bayshore United Methodist Church in Tampa. Pastor Robert A. Shelley flowed in the gift of prophecy and was a prophet to the Florida Conference and the entire United Methodist Church. Bayshore UMC was the
Rev. Robert A. Shelley
fastest growing church in the Florida Conference at that time. As in the Old Testament times he was shunned and criticized, but he was faithful to operate in the office of Prophet. After serving as a UMC minister for over 30 years Pastor Shelley resigned and was called to serve Christian Heritage Church in Tallahassee. When asked by the Tampa Tribune why he left the United Methodist Church he replied, "I didn't leave the Methodist Church; it left me!"
God has, and is, raising up a company of prophets in every denominational and nondenominational faith group. Although I do not consider myself a prophet, I do preach prophetically. The way we do church is changing. God is pouring new wine into our structures. If we are flexible, our wine skins will contain the new life of the Holy Spirit. He will take us to places in the Spirit that we have never been. If our structure is not flexible, the new wine will cause the old wine skin to burst and both will be lost.
The new book I am writing is about the personal prophecies that have been spoken over and into my life during the last 41 years. I believe in the prophetic and to see and hear the things that the Lord has prepared for us.
Our Time is Being Compressed
Time-compressed speech is a technique used, often in television and radio advertising, to make recorded speech contain more words in a given time, yet still be understandable.1 When you compress time in a video, you are making the duration shorter than real-time. 2
Theorists generally identify two historical periods in which time–space compression occurred; the period from the mid-19th century to the beginnings of the First World War, and the end of the 20th century. In both of these time periods, according to Jon May and Nigel Thrift, "there occurred a radical restructuring in the nature and experience of both time and space ... both periods saw a significant acceleration in the pace of life concomitant with a dissolution or collapse of traditional spatial co-ordinates."3
We are now experiencing a significant acceleration in time. "Can you even recall a time when you didn't Google? When you didn't know what it meant to "unfriend" someone? Or when you couldn't surf the Web, send an e-mail and take a picture from a palm-sized device that fits in your pocket? The past 10 years have given us countless innovations that improve – and confuse – our daily lives. From Internet technology to finance to genetics and beyond, advances in science and technology have changed the way we communicate, relate to one another and think about what it means to be a modern human being. GPS, Hybrid Cars, instant text messaging for mobile phones, Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Apple's iPhone Introduces Smart Phone."4
Change has accelerated. Not only has change accelerated, but also world events. Each week we hear about another terrorist attack, mass killings, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and Radical Islam. Bad news is occurring more frequently and regularly.
The lease on planet earth is almost up. As the hourglass is compressed the sand in the top moves faster. This is why it seems that time is moving so quickly. Our time is being compressed. This is the reason we Christians must quickly do the assignment God has given to us. We must work the works of Him that sent us while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John 9:4 KJV
The good news is that we are seeing and hearing things from the Holy Spirit that prophets of old desired to see and hear! Jesus said, For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Matthew 13:17 NASB This is the reason we are hearing and seeing into the realms of the Spirit like never before. This why everyone that calls on the name of the Lord are being saved. This is why dreams are being interpreted and visions are being sent by God. Spiritual things will be revealed to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
We are racing quickly to the end of this Shemitah Year (the Sabbath rest for the land every seventh year). Leviticus 25:1-4 "As every seventh day was the Sabbath day, so every seventh year was the Sabbath year." The Shemitah of ancient Israel refers not only to the releasing of the land but also to the nullification of debt and credit ordained by God and performed on a massive nationwide scale. This Shemitah Year ends on September 13. I will not be surprised if America experiences accelerated changes and events.
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-compressed_speech
2 http://www.mediacollege.com/
3.Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.© 2001 Selection and editorial material Jon May and Nigel Thrift
4 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/
Part 2-Someone's Trash is Someone's Treasure
I received many responses to my post about the thrown away roses yesterday on Facebook. Each response was special to me. Two of my evangelism friends, Pastor Gordon Calmeyer and Revivalist Barry Perez especially spoke prophetically to me.
"GOD took us as the world's throwaways and made us beautiful gifts to be given as blessings." Barry Perez
This morning, all the way from South Africa, Gordon posted, "Those roses tell a story. I wonder what it is, pray for the heart broken angry lady who threw them away, or for the guy who thought she wasn't worth it. Whatever it is, it's sad. But our God is able. Or maybe an Angel who left them there for Bill :-)
Then I thought of the song by the Bee Gees', How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.
I agree with both Gordon and Barry. The thrown away roses do tell a story. Pastor Vicki Cater wrote a one-word response, "Sad." A broken hearted, angry woman and/or a man who thought she wasn't worth it. Both speak of sadness. There are so many sad people all around us. They may wear a smile, but on the inside they are broken. They are hurting with so much pain. The Bee Gees' song, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, echoes the lives of shattered individuals.
How can good news be found in this story of thrown away roses? The good news is what Barry wrote, "GOD took us as the world's throwaways and made us beautiful gifts to be given as blessings." The angry woman can find peace and love through Jesus Christ. The discouraged man can find meaning and purpose again for his life through Jesus. He finds us and makes something beautiful!
Something Beautiful by Steven Curtis Chapman
Someone's Trash is Someone's Treasure
I don't rummage through the trash looking for something valuable. Some people actually go to the trash landfills searching for buried treasures. I do enjoy looking for bargains at the thrift stores. I have an eye for a bargain! A friend, Joey Elmore, introduced me to this way of shopping 31 years ago. I have bought TV's, make-up mirrors, bikes, suitcases, clothes and shoes with the tags still on them. Once I purchased a yellow sport coat and found $60 in a side pocket. Price of the coat was $4. I think I got more than I bargained for! Someone's trash is someone's treasure. Someone's throwaway becomes someone's gift.
On Friday I stopped for gas and saw two dozen roses in the trash container next to the pumps. The stems were sticking out so I pulled the flowers out. The leaves were wilted and the flowers were drooping. I could see the potential that 24 roses could be revived and become a gift to my wife.
After cutting off the ends of the stems we put them in two vases filled with plant reviver water. Within four hours, the roses were almost new again. The next morning they were; buds had opened and the leaves perked up. (See the finished results in the photo above) The change was remarkable! From near death to new life.
Revivalist Barry Perez saw the photo and remarked on Facebook, "GOD took us as the world's throwaways and made us beautiful gifts to be given as blessings." He is so right. All of us are thrown-away flowers made beautiful gifts of our lives. We are blessed to be a blessing to other throwaways. (Revivalist Barry Perez's ministry info www.harvestimemin.com)
The Need for "Young Rascals"
People Got to be Free
The Young Rascals – "People Got To Be Free" were very prophetic. This need and desire still needs to be realized. Needed more now that when they first sang it.
How about some new "young rascals" that will share the freedom of Christ in unconventional ways!
by Bill Phares/Stir the Fire
All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be
Peace in the valley, people got to be free
You should see, what a lovely, lovely world this would be
If everyone learned to live together
It seems to me such an easy, easy thing this would be
Why can't you and me learn to love one another
I can't understand it, so simple to me
People everywhere just got to be free
Ah, ah, yeah . . . ah, ah, yeah
If there's a man who is down and needs a helping hand
All it takes is you to understand and to see him through
Seems to me, we got to solve it individually
And I'll do unto you what you do to me
There'll be shoutin' from the mountains on out to sea
(out to the sea)
No two ways about it, people have to be free
(they got to be free)
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
(ah-ha)
It's a natural situation for a man to be free
Oh, what a feelin's just come over me
Enough to move a mountain, make a blind man see
Everybody's dancin', come on, let's go see
Peace in the valley, now they want to be free
Harming Israel & Experiencing the Results
I have searched for documentation concerning major events which have occurred in the US following non-support of Israel controlling the land God gave to it. This article is just a sampling of these events and well worth reading. Following President Obama's refusal to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March I truly believe America will experience severe consequences. The President will not meet with Israel's Prime Minister but had time to be interviewed by GloZell Green, from YouTube, at the White House this week. God will not be mocked when it concerns any nation intentionally harming Israel. I personally do not believe God created the storms, but I do believe God is using them as warnings to our nation.
https://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/natural-disasters-and-harming-israel/
Natural Disasters and Harming Israel
Is there a connection between natural disasters and harming Israel?
This is not my post. It was sent to me and I am sharing it. It has some interesting correlations between the weather, and forcing Israel to give up land.
God's Final Warning to America
Below is a sampling of "record-size" natural events which coincided when the United States pressured Israel to give up its land for peace, as documented in John McTernan's book, "God's Final Warning to America".
Nine Major "Acts Of God" That Coincided With The Timing of US Pressure On Israel To Give Up Land
October 30, 1991: President George Bush opens the Madrid Conference with an initiative for a Middle East peace plan involving Israel's land.
On the same day, an extremely rare storm forms off the coast of Nova Scotia. (It was eventually tagged "The Perfect Storm," and a book and movie were made about it.)
Record-setting 100-foot waves form at sea and pound the New England Coast, even causing heavy damage to President Bush's home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
August 23, 1992: The Madrid Conference moves to Washington D.C. and the peace talks resume, lasting four days. On that same day, Hurricane Andrew — the worst natural disaster ever to hit America — produces an estimated $30 billion in damage and leaves 180,000 homeless in Florida.
January 16, 1994: President Clinton meets with Syria's President Hafez el-Assad in Geneva. They talk about a peace agreement with Israel that includes giving up the Golan Heights.
Less than 24 hours later, a powerful 6.9 earthquake rocks Southern California.
This quake, centered in Northridge, is the second most destructive natural disaster to hit the United States, behind Hurricane Andrew.
March 1 to April 1997: The combination of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat touring America, and Clinton rebuking Israel for not giving away her land for peace, coincide with some of the worst tornadoes and flooding in US history.
On the very day Arafat lands in America, powerful tornadoes devastate huge sections of the nation, ripping across Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Arafat's American tour also coincides with the storms in the Dakotas, which result in the worst flooding of this century, in addition to weeks of major storms throughout the Midwest.
Arafat finishes his tour and leaves the US and the storms stop.
January 21, 1998: Netanyahu meets with President Clinton at the White House and is coldly received.
Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright refuse to have lunch with him.
Shortly afterwards that day, the Monica Lewinsky scandal breaks into the mass media and begins to occupy a major portion of Clinton's time.
September 27-28, 1998: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright works on the final details of an agreement in which Israel will give up 13 percent of Yesha.
The same day Hurricane Georges slams into the Gulf Coast with 110 mph winds and gusts up to 175. The hurricane hits the coast and stalls.
On September 28, Clinton meets with Arafat and Netanyahu at the White House to finalize the land deal. Later, Arafat addresses the United Nations about declaring an independent Palestinian state by May 1999, while Hurricane Georges pounds the Gulf Coast causing $1 billion in damage.
At the exact time Arafat departs the US the storm begins to dissipate.
October 15-22, 1998: On October 15, 1998, Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the Wye River Plantation in Maryland, to continue the talks which ended on September 28.
The talks are scheduled to last five days with the focus on Israel giving up 13 percent of Yesha. The talks are extended and conclude on October 23.
On October 17, awesome rains and tornadoes hit southern Texas. The San Antonio area is deluged with 20 inches of rain in one day.
The rains and floods in Texas continue until October 22 and then subside.
The floods ravage 25 percent of Texas and leave over one billion dollars in damage. On October 21, Clinton declares this section of Texas a major disaster area.
May 3, 1999: This is the same day in Israel that Yasser Arafat is scheduled to declare a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as the capital.
The declaration is postponed to December 1999 at the request of President Clinton, whose letter to Arafat encourages him for his "aspirations for his own land." He also writes that the Palestinians have a right to "determine their own future on their own land," and that they deserve to "live free, today, tomorrow and forever."
That same day, starting at 4:47 pm CDT, the most powerful tornado storm system ever to hit the United States sweeps across Oklahoma and Kansas. The winds are clocked at 316 mph the fastest wind speed ever recorded.
August 29, 2005: Exactly one week after Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon completed the forcible eviction of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip hurricane Katrina struck the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with a destructive and catastrophic force.
80% of the entire city of New Orleans was left under water. Many weather experts called this the worse hurricane and natural disaster that has ever hit the the country.
President Bush supported Sharon's evacuation from Gaza.
In April 2005 Bush and Sharon met in Crawford, Texas where Bush praised Sharon for his "strong visionary leadership" in initiating the Gaza withdrawal, known as the disengagement plan.
"I strongly support his courageous initiative to disengage from Gaza and part of the West Bank," he said, referring to the withdrawal of more than 8,000 Jewish settlers from Gaza and four isolated West Bank settlements.
What will happen next? Suppose, instead of cheating Israel out of its land, we do worse, and turn our backs completely.
Suppose we violate the holy city of Jerusalem by giving it away to heathen gentiles, who will trample it underfoot, and establish an abomination in the holy place.
God help us on that day. And that day is coming very soon. God forgive us, and God help Israel.
An Emotional Shift is in Order
Today has been unusual for me emotionally. I like winter, and rain does not bother me. I cannot blame my emotions on the weather. The truth is that I just do not feel good. Some people of faith discount emotions. They even try to explain away why Jesus wept at Lazarus' tomb. When you examine the life of David you find his emotions were all over the board. He was known as a man after God's own heart. The psalms he wrote expressed his feelings when he was up and when he was down.
There are two verses in the Bible that I turn to when I am emotionally down. The first one is found in 1 Samuel 30:6 "but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God." David did not wait on someone else to pick him up. He did not wait until the negative circumstances changed. David encouraged himself. He took matters into his own hands. He encouraged himself in the Lord! I am sure David started remembering the many times God had delivered him. As he remembered the stories his courage was renewed. When we remember our own stories of deliverance, our faith and emotions start to turn around in a more positive way.
Acts 26:2 "I think myself happy..." Paul said this to King Agrippa. Jesus said, "As a man thinks, so is he." How we think about situations makes a big difference in our emotions. We can say, "I think I'm going to fail this time." We can say, "I think the Lord is going to help me." Thinking and saying the right things can change our situation. We have control over both; we are not robots.
After writing this post I am feeling much better!
Rev. Graham: 'This Country Was Built on Christian Principles' Not Islam
By Michael W. Chapman
(CNSNews.com) – Reverend Franklin Graham, son of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said America "was built on Christian principles" but Christians are being pushed "to the back of the room" today, and he added that Americans need to embrace those principles, knowing that this country "wasn't built by Islam" or "any other group" but by those "who supported and believed in the Lord Jesus Christ.""I agree with diversity but what's happening with this country is all these religions are getting front row and Christians are being pushed -- and we're the majority -- are being pushed back to the back of the room," said Rev. Graham in an interview with WNCN News about his recent call for Duke University to end its policy on having a Muslim Call to Prayer at the campus's Christian chapel.
"This country was built on Christian principles, it was men and women who believed in God and believed in His Son Jesus Christ who built this country," said Rev. Graham. "We're the greatest nation in the history of the world. It wasn't built by Islam, and it wasn't built by any other group. It was those who supported and believed in the Lord Jesus Christ."
Reverend Graham went on to say that while our forefathers made mistakes and some aspects of our history are regrettable, the foundation is what is important and we must protect it from our enemies.
"[W]e're the greatest nation in the history of the Earth," he said, "and we have people today that want to destroy what we believe and what we stand for. I think the university needs to understand that the world in which we live today, we've been at war now 10 years against terrorists and the terrorists we've been fighting are people who support and believe in the Islamic faith."
When asked about Muslims who have condemned Islamic terrorism, Graham said, "First of all, you don't have condemnation outside of this country. You'll have clerics in this country who'll condemn these acts. But these acts of terrorism are not condemned by the mullahs in Saudi Arabia or in Egypt, or Iraq or Syria."
"The reason is," he said, "is because the Quran teaches this and so, if they condemned it, they would be condemning the Quran, and they're not going to condemn the Quran."
"So, the teaching of the Quran permits slavery, it permits the killing of Jews, permits the killing of Christians, and it's a very, very dangerous world in which we live and we need to be aware of the truth," said the reverend.
Last week, less than 24 hours after Rev. Graham called upon Duke University to reverse its policy on allowing the Muslim Call to Prayer from the bell tower of the Christian chapel on campus, the school did so. It reportedly also had received much negative reaction from some Duke alumni and donors to the college about the proposed policy.
Rev. Graham is the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, based in Charlotte, N.C., and the international aid group Samaritan's Purse. He is married, has five children, and lives in Boone, N.C. His famous father, Billy Graham, is 96 and reportedly in fairly good health and living at his family home in Montreat, N.C.
The Mystery of the Shemitah on My Retreat
"Expanding on a mystery introduced in his bestseller The Harbinger, messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn explains the prophetic significance of the "Shemitah"---a recurring Sabbath year prescribed by the Torah. Learn how the ancient 7-year milestone is connected to world history, including the events of the Great Depression, 9/11, and---possibly---the fall of the United States."
I read this book in November during a five-day retreat. I got away to pray and seek the Lord's word for me to share in 2015. Several friends had asked me if I knew anything about the Shemitah. I had never heard this word before, and I have been a Christian for forty-four years.
On the second day, I downloaded the eBook version. I began to read and had a hard time putting it down. I was fascinated as the pieces to the prophecy puzzle started coming together for me. I did know about the Sabbath year, but I didn't realize its name, the Shemitah. I wanted to know more.
I knew this was my word from the Lord for 2015. Everywhere I minister, I will be teaching and preaching about the Shemitah. The Shemitah year is the seventh Sabbath year. God told Moses that every seventh year Israel was to let the land rest for one year. Israel did not honor the Lord by keeping Shemitah.
It just so happens, we are in the Shemitah year now. It began in September 2014 and will end on September 13, 2015. The Stock Market has had the greatest losses in September (during the Shemitah year). How can we forget September 2001 following 9/11. Many of us lost a good deal of money during the last Shemitah of 2008. Guess what year this is! It has been seven years since September 2008.
We have experienced accelerated change since that time. I am looking for significant things to happen this fall. Only God knows what it will be. Just be prepared.
Coming to a Theater Near You
The pendulum of extremes moves from ultra conservative to ultra liberal. What position is our nation now? We have moved from moderately conservative to moderately liberal. The pendulum is moving in the direction of ultra liberal. Last night I saw a commercial of a new show and two men were saying how attracted they were to each other. The producers and sponsors of the show are betting that Americans are okay with this on television.
"The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV is at its highest-ever level in the season ahead, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The total on cable television is also going up.
The 17th annual "Where We Are on TV" report, released Friday, found that 4.4 percent of actors appearing regularly on prime-time network drama and comedy series during the 2012-13 season will portray lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters. That is up from 2.9 percent in 2011, which saw a dip in what had been a growing annual trend.
The study reviewed 97 scripted TV programs scheduled to air in the upcoming season on the broadcast networks, counting a total of 701 series regular characters. The study found that 31 of them are LGBT characters." m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1942313
The rising resistance to faith institutions is evidenced in the newer language used to discuss spirituality today. When it comes to matters of the soul, disclaimers are emerging as the new faith identifiers. Today, there are those who self-describe as "spiritual, but not religious"—individuals who like to associate with what they perceive as the positive elements of spirituality but not the negative associations of organized religion. Or consider the rise of the "Nones"—the much-discussed adults who are religiously unaffiliated and who don't want to use any conventional label for their religious faith. And in many places, the prefix "post-" is being attached to matters of faith. Post-Christian. Post-denominational. Post-evangelical. Post-religious. www.barna.org/barna-update/culture
So much change! And now, the rise of Radical Islam. Watch for it, "Coming to a theater near you."
A Call to Muslim Prayer in an Unusual Place
Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant the call, known as adhan or azan, from the Duke Chapel bell tower each Friday at 1 p.m. The call to prayer will last about three minutes and be "moderately amplified," officials said in a statement Tuesday. "This opportunity represents a larger commitment to religious pluralism that is at the heart of Duke's mission," said Christy Lohr Sapp, the chapel's associate dean for religious life. "It connects the university to national trends in religious accommodation."
I wonder if a Muslim University would allow followers of Jesus this same opportunity? If you have ever been to Israel, you hear the Muslim call to prayer regularly. Now, Duke's students and faculty will hear the same call beginning this Friday. My, my how sad. What are we going to allow next in the name of pluralism?
President Obama said, "The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer." He must have a strange sense of sound. To me, it is the weirdest noise I have ever heard! Obama also said, "Islam has always been a part of America, and I also know that Islam has always been a part of America's story." I call his knowledge of American history, "Selective Revisionism." "Oh, what a tangled web we weave... when first we practice to deceive."
Christy Lohr Sapp said when referring to the Muslim prayer at Duke, "This opportunity represents a larger commitment to religious pluralism that is at the heart of Duke's mission." With this mission, Duke University will have no problem embracing a one-world religion.
Is there evidence that we are also witnessing the globalization of religion? Well, yes there is. In fact, it appears that Pope Francis intends to lead the way. Since he has been Pope, Francis has expressed a desire for unity with the Eastern Orthodox, the Anglicans, and many other major Protestant denominations.
Veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars fought to stop the spread of Communism into the Asian nations. As a Vietnam veteran, I am saddened to see the spread of the Muslim culture in America. However, I am angry about Radical Islam attempting to infiltrate every culture in the name of the Radical Islam god. I will never accept their religion, even if it means I lose my life. It may come down to this!
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Refreshing from Anointed Music
Have you ever needed a time of refreshing from the Lord? A time when you could be still and be touched deeply by the Holy Spirit. Then there are those times when you know that you know Jesus is very near! Listening to anointed music can often transport me into a heavenly realm. I just get caught up to another place in the Spirit.
That is what has been happening to me this morning. I began to listen to some recordings that Living Sound made in the 70s. (I have included one of the songs, "Blessed Be") My wife and I were in the Living Sound ministry 1980-1982. Evangelist Terry Law, along with his college friend Larry Dalton, founded Living Sound, a contemporary Christian music group in 1969. Listening to this music made me aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Often I receive a message from God listening to secular music. Sometimes the words sound like something Jesus would say to me. I can hear him saying, "Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay me down." I remembered a gospel hymn this morning, "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin." It spoke to me of the measureless grace of God provided through Jesus Christ.
I recommend a time of refreshing from the Lord. "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." Acts 3:19
Keeping Problems in Perspective
When you consider the grand scheme of things is your problem greater than God? "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you set in place—" Psalm 8:3
I believe we can trust a God that has created galaxies 300 million light years from Earth. In perspective, our problems are in good hands.
Photo: About 300 million light years from Earth, twin galaxies face off in the constellation Coma Berenices.
Modern Cannibals
A friend said that the reason he was no longer a pastor was because he was allergic to sheep bites. I posted this on Facebook this morning and received several comments. I liked the one that read, "Sad...but anyone in a ministering position (we are all priests) is going to get attacks. That is why He gives us armor." I in turn replied, "You are so right. I agree. Perhaps that pastor was wearing a hospital gown version of armor."
Galatians 5:15 "But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another." I didn't know that Christians bite other Christians, and I sure didn't realize that we are modern cannibals!" NOT! Just being facetious in a humorous, yet serious way. The Apostle Paul wrote, "but if you are always biting and devouring one another..." Always implies continuous and uninterrupted cannibalism. No wonder many people shy away from our brand of Christianity!
Marshall Shelley refers to this type of Christian as, "Well-Intentioned Dragons." In his book, by the same title writes, "Well-Intentioned Dragons are the sincere, well-meaning saints who leave ulcers, strained relationship, and hard feelings in their wake. They don't intend to be difficult; they don't consciously plot destruction. But for some reason, they undermine the ministry of the church and make pastors question their calling." Marshall Shelley, Well-Intentioned Dragons: Ministering to Problem People in the Church (Carol Stream, IL: Word Books Publisher, 1985)
We don't intend to bite and devour others; it just happens. As we desire to walk in a way pleasing to the Lord let's practice, "Don't say anything that would hurt another person. Instead, speak only what is good so that you can give help wherever it is needed. That way, what you say will help those who hear you." Ephesians 4:29.
It is more common now for couples getting married to not know a minister to officiate. Six months ago I began making myself available for weddings. You can find me at: thumbtack.com. Today I started a website called, weddingswithablessing.com. It is still under construction but here is a peak.
When Angels Help Us
What I am about to share will take faith to believe, but it is the truth. This morning I left to preach at Vincent UMC. When I got over half way, I remembered that I had left my notes on my recliner. Normally that would not be a problem, but today I was preaching my new message about the Shemitah year. I needed my notes for this. I couldn't go back home. I pulled into a cafe parking lot to find the scriptures I was going to use. When I opened my Bible, the notes were in the back. How could this have happened? Needless to say, I was amazed and happy. I have only one explanation. The Lord sent an angel to minister on my behalf. When I returned home, the note pad was as I had left it on my chair, but the notes were in my Bible. I love special delivery by the Lord!
Gossip and the Ten-second Sermon
The best-known types of computer viruses are known for the manner in which they spread and cause damage. Gossip quickly spreads also. "The words of a gossiper are as self-inflicted wounds, and they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart." Proverbs 18:8
It seems that bad news travels faster than good news. In a society that values information, we often listen to words, which may or may not be true. A few days ago we heard about the New York teenager who gained overnight fame after telling a reporter he had made $72 million trading stocks on his lunch breaks at school. He has apologized on video for 'making it all up'.
This young man's story went viral and people all over the world thought it was true. I was amazed and was happy for him. He told a lie, and thousands believed him. He was not a gossiper, he simply told a lie, and people believed it quickly. A gossiper is a person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts. Gossip can inflict wounds to the person being talked about. I unintentionally learned this the hard way when I was in college. I gossiped about someone and the word spread quickly. As a result, I hurt many people who were involved. Even now I still feel remorse for my insensitivity.
The old saying by Thumper is true, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wui-PNqJrxs (Watch Thumper)
Malware, Bad Pennies, & Temptation
James 1:12 "Blessed is anyone who endures temptation."
Temptations are like a bad penny turning up. They always turn up at the worst time! It is hard to get rid of a bad penny. They keep showing up. Nobody else wants it, so we are stuck with it.
Malware is also like temptations. Malware is intended to damage a computer and to take partial control of its operation. For two days, I have been trying to remove malware from my desktop. I finally got the victory, but it was slow coming. Temptations come to damage our walk with the Lord and to control our lives if we do not deal with them. Everybody has dealt with temptation at one time or another. Even Jesus was tempted in all ways just as is common to men and women. Being tempted is not evil but temptation can lead to undesired behavior and thoughts.
Jesus told his disciples to pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
"No temptation has seized you that is not common for people. But God is faithful. He will not allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it." 1 Corinthians 10:13
When you are tempted look for your "Exit" sign. After you endure it, you are blessed!
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Icon Aircraft Advances Work of A5 Production
December 20, 2016 by Dan Johnson Leave a Comment
More than any other one light aircraft company tends to resemble a Silicon Valley company (indeed, they are not location too far away, in Vacaville, California). Icon Aircraft markets like the big tech companies with compelling messages, visually striking images, and impressive airshow displays (albeit almost exclusively at AirVenture). They've managed to capture all kinds of media in and out of aviation. Cessna or Piper wishes they could market as well as Icon.
However, the company has been so long in coming to market that they've also created a group of naysayers. I see it as similar to the elections Americans just endured where one or the other candidate has some vigorous supporters and large chorus of those espousing #NotSomebody.
Indeed when Icon announced a production slowdown this spring, the latter group grew louder. The company said it was "in order to improve the supply chain and production processes." Not everyone believed them; it depended on which camp was doing the listening.
"Those changes are well underway thanks to a new composites manufacturing facility currently being built in Mexico and ongoing low-rate aircraft production in California," said Icon. They added that the California experience is "giving [our] manufacturing team insight into how to most efficiently build the A5."
Recently, A5 serial number 16 (out of a claimed 1,800 orders) rolled off the California production line, Icon reported. "It is receiving its FAA Certificate of Airworthiness this week." Icon added that the California factory will continue producing A5 aircraft at a low rate until the new composites manufacturing facility is completed. "This will allow the company to in-source the production of all composite airframe components once full-scale operations begin in March."
Meanwhile, south of the border (south of that famous wall The Donald wants to build)…
"The new 306,000-square-foot facility in Mexico will be finished in the coming weeks, and the installation of manufacturing systems and building improvements is already underway," said Icon. "The first airframe parts made at the new facility will be completed May 2017, with customer deliveries scheduled to begin next fall."
Some will surely lament that this means another year delay. (…sigh!)
"In the meantime, {the company] is occupying a temporary 34,000-square-foot building nearby where direct-labor training and limited composite fabrication have already begun," explained the California company. "Parts made at the new factory will be shipped across the border to the Vacaville factory, which will continue the A5 manufacturing process as it does today, including paint, systems installation, quality control, flight test, and aircraft deliveries."
Meanwhile here in the USA, specifically at one of three sites including the newest in Tampa, Florida…
In November, almost precisely as the DeLand Showcase ran its inaugural event, Icon began flight operations at the Peter O. Knight airport (KTPF) in Tampa, Florida. Those who know the area or who attended the AOPA convention in Tampa back in 2005 know this charming airport right on the water in the central Florida city on the Gulf of Mexico.
"The new flight center is Icon's first East Coast facility and offers the same courses as the flagship flight center at the company's headquarters in Vacaville, California," clarified Icon. Courses range from a single introductory A5 flight to a full Sport Pilot License with water endorsement for zero-time pilots. "[We] also offers transition courses for pilots already holding landplane or seaplane ratings." Courses are open to both A5 deposit holders and the general public.
Icon said it selected Tampa and Peter O. Knight because of the year-round flying weather, outstanding water flying, and the airport's convenient location just 10 minutes from downtown Tampa.
To learn more about Icon's Flight Centers, go to this website or send them email or call 707-564-4100.
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Is your iPhone not able to connect to a wireless network. I had the same problem a while ago with my perfectly new iPhone. My WiFi stopped working and it was not able to connect to any WiFi network around me. It made me wondered why my iPhone 5 won't connect to wifi. If the same thing happened to you then don't worry. I will give you an easy fix to solve iPhone 5 WiFi issues. Just follow the below given steps to fix your iPhone 5 wifi issues.
The most common and universal solution to fix any iPhone, reboot it. The first thing that can help you is to reboot your iPhone. Just turn it off and wait for a few minutes. Turn it on again and check for the fix. If its working then fine and good, else move on to the next step.
Most of the times an update or a new app can corrupt your wifi profile. WiFi profile is the saved username and password of your wireless network. Hence, delete that profile and re-enter your password. You can delete it by going to your iPhone's wifi settings. Go to the wifi settings and just forget the network. After deleting, add the connection again and enter your password. Check if it has fixed your iPhone 5 wifi issues. If not then move on to the next fix.
Another fix to solve iPhone 5 wifi issues is to reset your network settings. To do so, go to Settings and then General, here tap on the reset option and select the Reset Network settings. This might be a bit of time consuming but it can surey help your iPhone wifi connectivity. After resetting reboot your device. Now check if your problem has been solved.
Note: This will also delete your previously saved wifi profiles. Hence you must save all your passwords before resetting the network settings.
Most of the time its an outdated OS that cause an issue. Just look for an update for your iPhone 5 and do it as soon as possible. A pending update might help you in fixing your iPhone 5 wifi issues. To do so, just connect your iPhone 5 to your computer using a USB cable. Now update the device using iTunes. Always ensure that you have created a backup of the existing state using iTunes.
Your last and foremost hope is to create a full factory reset. If you are still reading this fix then your iPhone might be in a little-bit trouble. This means that all the previous other fix have not worked with your iPhone.
To do a full factory reset, go to Settings, general, reset and then select Erase all content and settings. This will delete all ypur saved settings and apps from the device so don't forget to create a backup before going forward with this process. This can surely fix your iPhone 5 wifi issues including other problems.
I hope that you must have covered all the steps and have fixed your iPhone's wifi till now. If these steps have still not helped you to fix iPhone 5 wifi issues then you must contact to the Apple store.


We all learned in grade school that for things to grow they need food, water and sunshine for photosynthesis to occur. What they probably didn't teach you in school was the amount and way that plants and grasses should be watered! Our Lawn Care professionals want you to understand the best practices when it comes to watering your lawn. So here is our back-to-the-basics Lawn Watering 101 tips and suggestions for you to follow.
How often your lawn needs a drink depends on a host of factors, including things like soil type, sunlight, grass type and regional climate.
The majority of lawns need around one inch of water each week. Put out containers or rain gauges to collect water to ensure your lawn in getting enough. You'll find gauges at most lawn and garden centers.
Water deeply instead of frequently. The best times to water are between 6-10 AM. There's less wind, less hot sun, and your lawn has a full day to dry. Watering mid-day and the water will evaporate too quickly. Water in the evening and it may invite mildew.
Allow dormancy if needed. In times of great stress and drought it may be best to allow your lawn to turn brown and go dormant. Grass will bounce back when rainfall and cooler temperatures return in the fall, especially if it was well fed in the spring.
Research your soil type. If you notice puddling each time you water your soil may have a high clay content. Take a soil test to learn what kind of soil is hosting your grass, and adjust irrigation cycles accordingly.
Avoid common mistake including: running automatic sprinklers right after or before a rainfall is predicted, watering the street and walkways by mistake, or watering when the sun is blazing and the wind is briskly blowing.


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Mobile Mysteries: Shadow Ranch
This was the first Mobile Mysteries game for HeR Interactive to launch. It wasn't a direct port of the PC game, but rather a mixture of the PC game with the original novel by Carolyne Keene.
Available on: iPod, iPhone, iPad
iPad Release MSRP: $2.99 USD
iPhone/iPod Release MSRP: $0.99 USD
Current MSRP: N/A
Discontinued: 2014
Game Abbreviation: iSHA
Game Description: Introducing a Story-based Gamebook Series for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch!
The Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries Series, for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, takes the story-based gamebook category to new heights with players choosing their own paths and solving mysteries and puzzles both big and small. Shadow Ranch is an interactive mystery for mobile devices that brings the book to life. As you navigate the mysterious events at Shadow Ranch, you will soon find yourself in a world of long lost treasure, phantom horses, rough and tumble cowboys, and fearsome creatures of the wild desert.
Nancy is off to lend a hand at Shadow Ranch with her two best-friends, Bess and George. But when she arrives, she quickly discovers that Shadow Ranch hides a darker past. A recent rash of ghost sightings and a series of horrible accidents, have been driving customers away from Shadow Ranch in droves, and with business at a standstill, it's only a matter of time before it closes the doors for good. It'll be up to you, as Nancy Drew, to piece together the mysterious events at Shadow Ranch, before it's owners are forced to ride off into the sunset. Play the Story!™
iPod/iPhone System Requirements: iOS 3.0 or later.
iPad System Requirements: iOS 3.2 or later.
This was the first and only game in the Mobile Mysteries series as the next game, Castle Finster, was cancelled.
This game was made in the style of an interactive novel featuring music and sound effects from the Nancy Drew series, but also included some never-before-seen renders from the PC version of SHA.
The lite (free) version of the game featured the first chapter of the game to play before you buy.
There was a plethora of mini games and side stories to explore and play.
Technically, this wasn't the first mobile game HeR made. MHM for the GBA was the first, but as a mobile game for tablets and phones, this was the start.
As a marketing campaign, HeR created a video series called, "Nancy Drew Radio Mysteries". They also created a short video called, "The Case of the Missing iPad" in which Nancy needs to find her lost iPad which has the new Shadow Ranch game on it.
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Characters
Dave Gregory
Dave is the ranch foreman. Always polite, somewhat shy, Dave is a man of business and frustratingly few words. He is truly a "modern" cowboy, into sports, music, and the outdoors. He is not above trying to use his looks to charm his way out of awkward situations.
Tex Britton
Tex is an old-fashioned cowpoke. His cynical attitude reflects the fact that he feels much more at home with horses and cattle than with humans. He's a terrible conversationalist (his favorite word is "nope"), and he not-so-secretly enjoys putting Nancy in situations that he thinks she can't handle.
Shorty Thurmond
The ranch cook, Shorty, is more talkative than the other two ranch hands combined. He also loves to cook, and takes great pride in the food he serves. So criticizing his meals is a recipe for disaster.
Mary Yazzi
This single woman is part Native American and runs a store on land that is adjacent to Shadow Ranch. Mary knows all about the history of the area and she is interested in purchasing the Ranch for herself. Is she trying to scare away the ranch owners so they'll agree to sell it to her?
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